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<blockquote data-quote="motorcycle-ed" data-source="post: 506746" data-attributes="member: 9344"><p>I had an incident about a year ago coming back from the BRP passing four cars on a two lane. I had plenty of room for me and bike, and probably hit well over 100 by the time I reached the second car in line. Suddendly, without signal and without any head turning or any sign of intention or liklihood, the driver pulled left almost violently to pass. I grabbed a double handful (and footful) of brakes and tested the ABS to its full extent. Our speeds finally matched when I was about 12" off his rear bumper. I had already decided that I was going to hit him...but I did stop short. He kept going and never had any idea I had been there. I learned something here. Be very careful about very high differential speeds when passing lines of cars because your only practical "out" in most cases is to slow down quickly enough if a car does what this one did. Once decided, accelerate hard and minimze the time and opportunity for risk but never forget that you MUST have an "out" planned if the unlikely becomes fact. In this case, because of my very high differential speed and the narrow road, I had not left an "out" and I should have waited.</p><p></p><p>Ed :dribble:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="motorcycle-ed, post: 506746, member: 9344"] I had an incident about a year ago coming back from the BRP passing four cars on a two lane. I had plenty of room for me and bike, and probably hit well over 100 by the time I reached the second car in line. Suddendly, without signal and without any head turning or any sign of intention or liklihood, the driver pulled left almost violently to pass. I grabbed a double handful (and footful) of brakes and tested the ABS to its full extent. Our speeds finally matched when I was about 12" off his rear bumper. I had already decided that I was going to hit him...but I did stop short. He kept going and never had any idea I had been there. I learned something here. Be very careful about very high differential speeds when passing lines of cars because your only practical "out" in most cases is to slow down quickly enough if a car does what this one did. Once decided, accelerate hard and minimze the time and opportunity for risk but never forget that you MUST have an "out" planned if the unlikely becomes fact. In this case, because of my very high differential speed and the narrow road, I had not left an "out" and I should have waited. Ed :dribble: [/QUOTE]
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